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 Wedding!So what is it like to kiss a girl for the first time ever, after she has become your wife? "It was surreal," said Claudaniel "CD" Fabien, 30, after his marriage to Melody LaLuz Fabien on Saturday. "It was like, my other self came out and said, 'Look dude, you're kissing her!' " Melody La Luz and Claudaniel Fabien kiss for the first time during their wedding ceremony Saturday in Chicago. The couple teaches abstinence courses to Chicago Public School teens. (John J. Kim/Sun-Times) Claudaniel, 30,... More Essay by Elizabeth Sanchez - Sex and the MediaTeenagers today use media an average of about 6 ½ hours per day, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. That means in a year the average American teen will see nearly 14,000 sexual references per year ( Sexuality, Contraception, and the Media . American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Public Education, January, 2001.) Although 64 percent of all shows include sexual content, and only 15% mention waiting, protection, and consequences. ( TV Sex Getting "Safer." Kaiser Family Foundation) The... More Ladonna’s StoryGrowing up I never lived in a stable home. From the age of 1 to 6 I was in and out of foster care homes. After that I was adopted by my grandparents where I was surrounded by prostitutes and drug addicts because my new home turned out to be a drug house. Living in this sort of environment, I was left wanting one thing… to fit in with the rest. During elementary school I never had a boyfriend. While all the other girls were talking about their boyfriends or who they kicked it to, all I could do... More Nikki’s StoryBefore I was born, my father was a notorious gangster who later was able to leave the gangster lifestyle and clean up his life, and my birth mother was a coke addict. On March 24th 1988, I was born to my birth mother and father. Since my birth mother was always on drugs she was unable to take care of me and my brother. My father then married my step mother, who I consider my mother. As I grew up I was full of hatred and anger. I couldn’t understand why my birth mother had given me up to my... More Eric’s Story My father wasn’t there and my stepfather was abusive. Although that could have really broken me down and hurt me, it’s something I learned to look in a different view. Because of what I saw with the men in my life, I now am the young man that I am today. My real father got my mom pregnant when she was 15; he was a 22 year old Senior in high school. He failed senior year twice. I barely saw him and when I did, he thought buying material things would make up for the love and time he didn’t give... More
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